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Here’s a Little Tour…
“Thanks for visiting Wood & Shop, a place to learn traditional hand tool woodworking, and a bit of power tool woodworking. I hope that you’ll get involved with the millions of other woodworkers who visit our website! Below is a tour of 5 amazing free resources that we share with you and woodworkers around the world.”
– Joshua Farnsworth
1 Check out our Hand Tool Woodworking Buyer’s Guides
Our most popular resource is our free hand tool woodworking tool buyer’s guides and our power tool buyer’s guides. You can check out these articles below:
Hand Tool Buyer’s Guide:
Power Tool Buyer’s Guide:
2 Watch our Free Woodworking Videos
We’ve got hundreds of free woodworking videos organized into easy playlists, including tutorials, workshop tours, and fun tips & tricks.
3 Read our Blog
You can read a bunch of interesting, instructive, and fun articles on our blog. Here’s are a few of our most recent blog posts:
5Shop at Our Woodworking Store
At our online store, you can purchase Hand Tool Woodworking Videos, Woodworking T-shirts, Woodworking Plans, and even sign up for Traditional Woodworking classes at our school in Earlysville, Virginia:
WOW just from my initial viewing if you can’t find it you didn’t look for it. What a great site from first impressions thanks for having me. When this situation at hand relaxes a bit I’ll have my tools back in 1 place again.
Welcome Gary! How did you find us?
The recent you tube posting on the work bench
Thru the internet.
looking for a good bench to build and this looks like a compact solution. Thanks.
Glad it helps!
Hi Joshua, I’m trying to find a compass that can make 40 to 52-inch circles. My husband is getting started in woodworking and would like to know where he might possibly find one.
I was looking online for different woods and all for him as I have started a notebook for him for different tools and all. I found your page when I was looking for ideas.
Thank you,
Michelle
Trammel points would work best. You just use a long scrap of wood between the points, and get the radius you want. Here are some: https://amzn.to/39pcw5v
After many years I have begun the process of reclaim my little workshop. One of the device I pulled out of the original box was a previously and seldom used #4 Bench plane from Lie Nielsen, a beautifully crafted bronze, steel and wood hand tool. Truly enjoyed working the plane and the end result. Have decided I need to add a Jack plane or something similar instead of buying an electro/mechanical device. Your site will become my new best friend… Read more »
Thanks for the kind words Skipper! Your Lie-Nielsen smoothing plane will work great, but make sure you don’t buy an expensive jack plane. See my handplane guide for clarification: https://woodandshop.com/woodworking-hand-tool-buying-guide-handplanes/
Loved the collapsible Viking Camp Chair. Thanks for giving me a project to do with my grandsons when they come over this weekend. They are going to love it and then they have a gift for their parents that they made themselves.
Great Henry! Could you please share a photo of your finished chair on our forum? https://woodandshop.com/forum/
Hello there,
I’ve watched a few of your videos… very impressed with your knowledge of tools and traditional woodworking.
The past 12 years I taught a woodworking program at PVCC based on a mixture of power tools and hand tools. Would be nice to share some time :isiting your shop.
Great to hear! Sure, you could come by sometime.
Am converting a timber frame barn into a woodworking shop. Need and welcome advice and mentoring Your video on workshops was wonderful and inspiring.
That’s great to hear!
Great site with loads of info for a beginner like myself.